Multiculturalism has a place in basic communication courses. At a personal level, cross-cultural communication is concerned with the way a person chooses to treat another--it is a question of communication ethics, a subject that should be introduced in any basic communication course because communicators must consider how to deal fairly and effectively with people from other cultures in their daily lives. Most students have not thought of students from other campuses or other majors as being culturally different. However, on the campus of North Carolina State, the College of Engineering has a culture distinctly different from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. It seems that many people engage in cross-cultural communication without realizing it--sometimes effectively, but more frequently not effectively. When communication instructors at North Carolina State talk about improving cultural communication among cultures, they discuss the importance and significance of listening; encoding and decoding; and other "basic" communication notions. The foundation of effective cross-cultural communication is based not upon something radically new or different, but fundamental communication concepts that have been taught for years. Students should realize that there are many career opportunities in cross-cultural communication. There are many corporations, government agencies, and other organizations that are establishing diversity programs and conducting mandatory workshops or role playing exercises for employees. Communication professionals are in demand as trainers, facilitators, teachers and consultants. (TB)